18:57 PM IST: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that Election Commission must show their independence. "I believe VVPATs should be 100% (100 per cent matching of VVPAT slips with the Voting Machines)," said Owaisi.

14:54 PM IST: As per latest trends available for the 542 constituencies, BJP is leading in 300 while INC is leading in 50, DMK in 23, AITC in 22, YSRC in 24, Shiv Sena in 18, JDU in 15, BJD in 15 and BSP in 11 constituencies #ElectionResults2019— Election Commission #DeshKaMahatyohar (@ECISVEEP) May 23, 2019

13:36 PM IST: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the "landslide electoral victory of NDA in the Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of BJP".
The Telangana CMO said, "CM expressed the hope that under the leadership of Sri. Narendra Modi the country progresses further and march ahead."
KCR also "expressed his happiness on the YSR Congress Party's great victory in AP Assembly elections. CM telephoned YSRCP President Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy and congratulated him."

08:25 AM IST: The counting of the votes began at 8 am on Thursday. Telangana went to polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 11. The state consists of 17 seats in the Lok Sabha and 119 Assembly segments.
In Telangana, the exit poll predicts the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress to get 1-3 seats. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) of K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is leading the race. The party is predicted to win 10-12 of 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.

07:12 AM IST: Visuals from outside a counting centre in Hyderabad. Counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to begin at 8 am.
Telangana: Visuals from outside a counting centre in Hyderabad; counting of votes for #LokSabhaElections2019 to begin at 8 am. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/Mp550QffXk— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

06:48 AM IST: Anticipating the party-led NDA's victory at the national level in the Lok Sabha elections as forecast by exit polls, the BJP in Telangana is making preparations for celebrations on Thursday.

03:40 AM IST: Counting was scheduled to start across the state of Telangana at 8 am today amid heavy security. The TRS is scheduled to maintain the majority of lok Sabha seats in the state.

As Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was set to form a federal front to keep the BJP and the Congress out of the state, he was faced with a number of technicalities when he approached DMK leader MK Stalin and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on joining him in the Front. In Telangana, the TRS won nine out of seventeen seats.

As per latest trends available for the 542 constituencies, BJP is leading in 300 while INC is leading in 50, DMK in 23, AITC in 22, YSRC in 24, Shiv Sena in 18, JDU in 15, BJD in 15 and BSP in 11 constituencies #ElectionResults2019

The counting of the votes began at 8 am on Thursday. Telangana went to polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 11. The state consists of 17 seats in the Lok Sabha and 119 Assembly segments.

In Telangana, the exit poll predicts the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress to get 1-3 seats. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) of K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is leading the race. The party is predicted to win 10-12 of 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.